J. Hampton Moore

Joseph Hampton Moore (8 March 1864-2 May 1950) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-PA 3) from 1906 to 1920, succeeding George A. Castor and preceding Harry C. Ransley. He also served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1920 to 1923 (succeeding Thomas B. Smith and preceding W. Freeland Kendrick) and from 1932 to 1935 (succeeding Harry Arista Mackey and preceding Samuel Davis Wilson).

Biography
Joseph Hampton Moore was born in Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey in 1864, and he worked as a reporter on the Philadelphia Public Ledger and the Court Combination from 1881 to 1894. Moore served as chief clerk to the city treasurer of Philadelphia from 1894 to 1897, secretary to the mayor in 1900, President of the Allied Republican Clubs of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania State League, and of the the National League of Republican Clubs from 1900 to 1906, city treasurer from 1901 to 1903, Chief of the Bureau of Manufacturers from January to July 1905, and as president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association from 1907 to 1947. From 1906 to 1920, he served in the US House of Representatives, and he served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1920 to 1923 and from 1932 to 1935. He died in 1950.